🇦🇷 India–Argentina trade guide

India–Mercosur Preferential Trade Agreement (in force since 2009). Expansion talks launched in September 2026.

India exports vehicles and two-wheelers, agrochemicals, organic chemicals, pharmaceuticals, yarn and engineering goods. India is one of the largest buyers of Argentine soybean oil, and also imports pulses (lentils, chickpeas), sunflower oil, hides and lithium.

35–45 days to Buenos Aires, usually with transhipment (often via Santos or Montevideo). Direct East Coast South America services from Nhava Sheva/Mundra (around the Cape of Good Hope), or transhipment via Colombo, Singapore or Jebel Ali.

• Buenos Aires ARBUE
• Zárate ARZAE
• Rosario / San Lorenzo (grains, oils) ARROS
• Bahía Blanca ARBHI

4–7 days via Europe, the Gulf or São Paulo.

• Buenos Aires Ezeiza EZE

• The importer needs a CUIT and must be registered as an importer with customs (ARCA, formerly AFIP).
• The SEDI advance-information system was repealed in 2025 and import controls have been simplified significantly since 2024.
• A licensed customs broker (despachante de aduana) files the import.
• Foreign-exchange access for paying suppliers has been eased since 2024–25, but confirm your buyer's bank can pay on your terms before shipping.

Mercosur TEC (mostly 0–35%, with many cuts since 2024), plus 21% VAT (IVA) and VAT and income-tax perceptions, and the statistics fee. Rates have changed often recently: check before quoting.

• ANMAT: medicines, food, cosmetics, medical devices
• SENASA: plant and animal health (agri imports, wood packaging)
• Technical safety certification for electrical goods (often relaxed recently, so check)

• Commercial invoice
• Packing list
• Bill of lading / AWB
• Mercosur PTA certificate of origin for preference
• Certificates for SENASA/ANMAT goods
• ISPM-15 wood packaging

Check your invoice, packing list and B/L match →

Soybean oil (crude degummed) and pulses are the big flows. Pulses into India need plant quarantine permits and are subject to India's pulse import policy (check DGFT notifications).

• File the Bill of Entry through a licensed customs broker in India (YAM holds licence R-7/92).
• Check the HS code in the Indian tariff, the DGFT import policy (free, restricted or prohibited) and any BIS, FSSAI, plant quarantine or other permit before the goods ship.
• If an agreement applies, get the correct certificate of origin from the exporter to claim the lower duty.

Estimate Indian import duty →   Find the HSN code →

• Policy changes are frequent: always check the latest resolution before quoting duty.
• River draught limits at Rosario affect bulk vessel sizes.
• Our partner agents in Latin America can handle destination clearance and delivery. Ask us for a door-to-door quote.